Scalehouse Operator

GFL Environmental • Ball Ground, GA

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About The Position

The Scalehouse Operator is responsible for weighing trucks entering and leaving a landfill or transfer station while providing efficient, courteous customer service to internal and external customers. The role supports accurate customer billing and third-party hauling payments, communicates special-waste disposal instructions, maintains scale accuracy, helps ensure waste is disposed of in the proper areas, and performs environmental compliance tasks. The position may involve exposure to outdoor weather, moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, and moderate-to-loud noise.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• One to three months of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, talk, and hear.
• Close and distance vision.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 10 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Customer service experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Weigh in and out all trucks entering or leaving the landfill or transfer station.
• Set up new trucks and issue truck permits.
• Provide accurate and efficient information for customer billing, including reports to customers and management.
• Verify the accuracy of hauls and disposal for payment of third-party truck hauling.
• Dispatch accurate instructions regarding special-waste disposal to operators and the Operations Manager.
• Keep landfill management informed of community information regarding the landfill.
• Test scales daily for accuracy.
• Ensure waste is disposed of in the proper areas, using grid reports.
• Perform various environmental compliance tasks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED